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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
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 Posted - Sep 05 2011 : 8:54:28 PM
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Just counted my jars and I have a total of 26 quarts of beans. That will give us about two jars a month. Looks like I need double that amount to have them once a week. Jeez thats a lot of quarts!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
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quiltingfarmergirl
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Barbara
Cato
NY
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Sep 07 2011 : 4:21:58 PM
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I have canned 20 quarts of tomatoes and 13 pints of salsa in the past week. A good summer for tomatoes this year. They are still coming on strong. I have given some to friends who also canned 7 quarts each. What's another good canning recipe for tomatoes? Anybody have any suggestions? I have never had luck making good spaghetti sauce for some reason. Lillian, what is a squeezo?
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Hoosiermom
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
Beth
Alexandria
IN
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 12:28:53 AM
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Yikes...I am growing tired of tomatoes! I have been canning juice, spagehetti sauce, pizza sauce, salsa, don't want to complain because last year I didn't get to can much of anything. I have canned green beans, cowboy candy(candied jalapenos), zucchini pickles, zucchini relish, and chicken. Also froze corn, freezer slaw, strawberry freezer jam, broccoli, peppers. I hear so many people that think this is too much work & complain they can't do it, but I work and do this on my days off & LOVE to have everything fresh from the garden & readily available to me any time! Lots of work and worth it, but I am ready to call it quits with the canner for a while.:)
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
432 Posts |
Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 07:43:42 AM
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I now have 20 quarts of tomatoes and probably at least 50 more lbs to can. Today I am going to attempt to make ketchup, since my kids love ketchup and I am tired of paying the ridiculous price for it. Yesterday I dried plums and made applesauce. I've been regularly freezing beans and peas. This weekend I am canning peaches and pears. I do agree with Beth (Hoosiermom) that I am getting a little tired of canning but everytime I go into my canning room I smile.
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2011 : 09:19:18 AM
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Barb- a Squeezo is now what we know as a Victorio Food Mill. My Squeezo was my Grandpa's and it is all metal, I love it. Also with all of those tomatos don't forget to can you up some tomato soup for this winter, you'll be glad you did!
Lillian
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Sep 13 2011 : 08:10:42 AM
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Canned 8 pts. of pear honey last night after I got home from babysitting. Pureed in my food processor to help speed things up but still took 2 1/2 hrs. to cook down till right thickness. Put a maraschino cherry in each jar for a special treat. Grandson and I tried some on toast at breakfast this morning and ohhh so yummy. Gotta love it :)
Happy farmgirl sister #353
Look for rainbows instead of mud puddles 
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2011 : 08:33:05 AM
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Cheryl that sounds good! Our neighbor has told us to pick as many pears as we want and I just found a Pear Honey recipe yesterday. I like the idea of placing a maraschino cherry in the honey. I bet your grandson just loved that! Today is my day off from canning :)
This week:
~3 batches of Salted Butterscotch Peach Jam (which actually ended up more of a sauce but it's good on vanilla ice cream
~2 batches of Peach Jam
~2 batches of Banana Pepper Mustard
~2 pints of Sweet Pickled Banana Peppers
~1 batch of Dill Pickles
~1 batch of Sweet Pickles
~1 batch of Peach BBQ Sauce
~1 batch of Sour Cherry Jam
~12 quarts of Sour Cherry Juice
I am glad that the peaches and cucumbers are done. I will just be blessing everyone with the cucumbers from now on :)
I wish that I could say that I am tired of tomatoes. Our growing season is so short here and I have only gotten a couple of handfuls of ripe cherry tomatoes and 3 ripe larger tomatoes. Oh well :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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jollyquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
251 Posts
WV
USA
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 06:07:11 AM
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| Canned a couple of different kinds of applesauce (different spices and chunkiness) am enjoying looking at the rows of jars all done and ready for the winter! |
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windswept
Farmgirl in Training
19 Posts
dawn
youngsville
new york
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 6:13:32 PM
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The garden is winding down...its bittersweet!! We enjoyed a "homegrown" dinner...Chicken, swisschard, beets, and applesause. I love having meals that we provided for ourselves. Hmmm I wonder what my turkeys are thinking now.
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Farm Kitchen: Happy Canning! |
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Happy Canning!
